Machine for cleaning fabrics.



J. E. BAKER. MACHINE FOR CLEANING FABRICS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10, 19 10.

Patented June 4, 1912 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

flj gw Inventor: by W A tty Tolllll Lib LOWZ- at m a-y'mzem citizen of the United States, and a resident fand' tateoii lieui rm-1 m ej mea oer-d "tam-new and useful lunn'mem'ents in Ma'-' chines; for Cleaning Fabrics, which the following is a speriiiration.

Liyv 'nvention relates to a machine fpr. dry-cleaning fabrics. I employ itparticularly for eleaning feit Whichhasbeen ornainented hy 'the use Guam; thesa'nie hhving beeiifdust'ed' upon an int :2 p plied to the feit -fIhe' .dust is removed from-the\inchmure orhousing of the ma'ehin'e by means of an air exhaaiust; e My invention is also applicable for clean ngfabrics stenciled -'with gum .or other ad? "hesiv'e 'material and dusted with bronze 80 powder the non-adhesive portions of which l are afterward removed by the machine and 1 to"cleaning'iace 'curfains, cloth, furs, rugs;

' carpets; garments and the like v In the accompany ig drawings, to which 'reference is made, and which form a part of this-specification, Figurel. is a broken and v sectional gplan view of the machine. Fig.- 2. is. a. sectional elevation of the machine taken on line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3. is adetailed sectional front elevation of one of the vibrators and Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional elevation efthe same.

In the drawings 2, 3jclesignate upper rollers or drums secured respectively upon shafts 5. Upon these drums is placed an endless apron 6 of wire cloth of about ten mesh to the inch. The shaftis provided with a pulley 7 for rotating it and. the drum 3, thus lmparting to the apron 6 a traveling motion.

The numerals 8, 9' (see Fig. 23 designate two lowerdrums secured respectively upon the shafts 10, 11'. Upon these lower drums is placed an endless apron 12 of wire (luill 56 the same as the .uppei'napron (l, and those drums arerot-atd' to'impart a traveling nuiiulioni nn FOR cnniinins 'r111;i rcs.'

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preferably 'fourili number.- arms are made? of material? suitable" to :de .press thelower ;po 1'' jet-hey pass in comm-r material as will 7 damaged herapronfound; that h avy sole lealli'erhs' eryz suit- .able forthcse arm's-.1 The jhuver vilu ator ll 'i's'sccurcd-to the shaft")! an'd ia a duplicate of the upper vibrator and need not {herefore he descriluj-d i iciuilrlmi itsribrator h u p r .port-ion as ii coiitact'u-ith andi-withl'them also thefabric tube cleaned.

- arms 3'21 operate tumrnn sire itres OFFICE,

JAMES EQBAKER. or NEW O K. N. Y.

ll'ithiu lhe apron G is placed a device 13 for vihi a tni g'." the apron lox'i er {portion and \\'-ithin 1.1-. @1 mimic:- rev ew ubrating itsopper portion.

The'lowcr Vibrator H- loeated in advance of the upper Vihi'atorlZ; as showinor this order may be reversed. These -Yll)1fli01'$ may be, and are, by preference; duplicates .of, each other, and by preference rotatory by means oflielts a'ri' Fig. ;1,' or insany "other n pperj Tihra l1 iiille \'s.-'as shown in itable \X'ayJ The l5 secured 'Tto" :i shaft 15 and comprises a p lm li f pokes 16,15 to which are secured or; or. n iorc;preferabl three, circular hands 17 (seeFigfll), fornisecured" fou pla i jif the Iapron '6 as 1th "it; lmt not of such Iih of the aprg in 12 th it and this low: i vibrator is by preference nun 12 at a I'miformspeed with To l'llQ'SilldllilRdS are i i rotated in a direction opposite to that of the I uppcr vihrator, and the. rihrator arms of. the

lower one not only lift (he-upperportion of the apron 1 2 but they also-lift the lower por tion of the upper npronfi. In this way the two .vibr'ators impart a violent shaking or vibratory action to both of the traveling upron.-;. The violence of this shaking or vibratory hu t-ion may be controlled by the belt adjusrer 23 for the upper and 34 for the lower -api'on,l)y which the taulness of the aprons. on'e or both. may be increased or relaxed. It is preferable to adjust the up per apron so that at its lower portion it will sag in contactwith the lower apron, or rather sag in contact withlhe article. to be cleaned as it is carried along by the travelingmovcmcnt of the a rons.

25' designates the in'c )sure or'housing of the machinery and 26 designates a feeding lahle :il thefroiit ol the .inaehine. Voile iug upon this more and partially within the feeding opening 27 in the inclosure isplaced a rotating brush 28, designed to assist in feeding the article to be cleaned into the machine between the aprons. Attached to thetable 26 is an exhaust or vacuum pipe 29 with an opening 30 through the table. This pipe connects with a main exhaust, or 'acuiun pipe 31 and from :this latter pipe a branch 32 leads into the endless apron 6 and another branch leads into the apron -12. the two branches operating to draw the dust from t'he iuterior ot. the machine and to discharge it; through the main pipe 31 outside of the building or into any suitable dust receiver. The pipe 2%) carries away the dust from the table .26, which would other wise lodge there.

The fabric to be cleaned is illustrated (see- Fig. 2) in dotted lines on the table 26. Its thickness is greater than the width of the space between the adjacent surfaces of the two aprons and it is carried along by.the latter and is snugly held between them and partakes of the vib'atory action of. both aprons. This vibratory action thoroughly cleans the fabric without the slightest injury thereto and without. the slightest injury to the ornanu-ntation applied to the fabric. no matter how delicate or t'railf I do notlimit m \'selt" to the use, ofwire cloth as the material for the endless. apron,

but: the durability and. the elasticity and springiness of this material renders it very. etlectual inperforming the work and particularly so when the fabric. to be cleaned is of a trail and delicate nature,

Having thus described my intention what; T claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is:

i t-X machine for cleaning fabrics comprising a pair of upper rotating drums, an endless apron on said drains, a pair of lower drums, an endless apron of foraminous mastantially as described.

terial mounted on said lower drums. :2 vilu'atorarranged to rapidly vibrate the adtween the pairs of drama. a housing inelosing the operative parts of the machine and an air exhaust for the housing. substantially as described:

2. A machine for cleaning fabrics comprising a pair of upper rotating drums, an endless apron f foraminous mat rial mounted on said drums, a pair of lower drums, an endless apron of foraminous material mounted on said lower-drums, a vibrato'r located within the upper apron, a vibrator located within the lower apron. a housing inclosing the operative parts of the machine and exhaust or vacuum pipes arranged within the housing, substantially as (.lescribed.

A machine for cleaning fabrics, comprising a pair of upper rotating drums, an endless apron of wire cloth applied to said drums, a pair of lower rotating drums, an

acent portion of both of said aprons beendless apron of wire cloth applied to said lower drums, a rotating vibrator located within the'upper apron and a rotating vibrator located within the lower apron, one of said vibrators heingloeatcd in advance of the. other. sul'istautially as described.

4. A -machine for cleaning fabrics comprising a pairof upper rotating drums, an endless apron lot wire cloth mounted on said drums, a' pair of lower drums, an endless apron of wire cloth mounted on said lower drama, a vibrator located Within the upper apron,. a vibrati'nr located within the lower apron; a housing inclosing the operative parts of the machine and exhaust or vacuum 'pipes arranged within the housing, sub- JAMES E. BAKER.

\Vitnesses: I

F! MOFARLAN,

' Tamra DUKE. 

